The HTSF offers the Agilent V11 Bravo Automated Liquid Handling Platform because it is one of the most compact yet versatile instruments available to the biotech industry. It is equipped for operations with either a 96 or 384 well head and the platform can be customized for a wide range of assays, providing locations for tips, plates, waste, reagents and wash stations on its nine pipettable deck positions. On the HTSF system, there is a separate shaker and an incubation station, as well as grippers within each head for the removal of lids or movement of plates. The 96LT head pipette tips (250ml) are accurate between 2-250 ml. The 384 head pipette tips (either 10, 30, or 70ml) give accurate pipetting from 0.3-70 ml. Common uses are spotting compound plates to numerous daughter plates, reverse transfections, media changes, drug additions, and immunofluorescence assays. The automation method writing software, Vworks, presents an easy-to-navigate interface to create methods or modify a library of methods already developed on it by previous V11 users. For those developing more sophisticated processes, the HTSF V11 is fully integrated with 4 plate stackers to assist with multiple automation steps, a plate washer that is gentle enough for attached cell-based assays, and finally a plate sealer to apply an appropriate protective film over the plate after processing.
Get On-demand Access to Agilent V11 Bravo Automated Liquid Handling Platform
$414.00
/hour
Get On-demand Access to Agilent V11 Bravo Automated Liquid Handling Platform
$414.00
/hour
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